Padres’ Joe Musgrove (left) celebrates his pitching gem with catcher Victor Caratini.
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The name of Joe Musgrove will forever be in the history of the San Diego Padres after the righthanded posted the first no-hitter game of all time for the California franchise on Friday.
It took 8,205 games in 53 years of baseball at San Diego Padres before the team signed a no-hitter, no-run game, supplemented by an Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounder to make a short stop for him. 3-0 win over Texas Rangers and Arlington.
@ Jolanda42 throws the first no-hitter of 2021! pic.twitter.com/wSSRbtUxHh
– MLB (@MLB) April 10, 2021
POV: You just witnessed the first no-hitter inside @Fathers history. pic.twitter.com/qC8FUBWX1s
– MLB (@MLB) April 10, 2021
HISTORY! @ Jolanda4260 has thrown the first no-hitter in Padres history! pic.twitter.com/OePKRKZ8iO
– San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 10, 2021
The lone Rangers-batter to reach base against 28-year old Musgrove was Joey Gallo, the product of a pitch in the fourth inning. He struckout 10 batters.
JOE-NO! pic.twitter.com/cVRPQmGde3
– San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 10, 2021
Musgrove, who grew up in the San Diego area, He only won one game in 2020 when he played for Pittsburgh and in his career he has a score of 31-38But everything will be different from this Friday, April 9, because now it is team history.
The Padres are forming to challenge the champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who celebrated their championship in 2020 in front of their fans on Friday. They look like the two best teams in the National League if not all baseball.